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The Council for Learning Outside the Classroom (CLOtC) is delighted to welcome two new members to the team: Clare Carlin, our new Education Programme Manager, and Stu Meese, our new
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The Council for Learning Outside the Classroom (CLOtC) is delighted to welcome two new members to the team: Clare Carlin, our new Education Programme Manager, and Stu Meese, our new

We are inviting proposals for engaging workshops for the CLOtC National Conference 2026. Share your ideas, case studies or practical approaches that bring this year’s theme, Engage, Connect, Enrich, to life and inspire others to strengthen learning beyond the classroom.

In partnership with the Canal & River Trust, and supported by players of the People’s Postcode Lottery, CLOtC are giving away 100 free CLOtC memberships to schools and educational settings in England and Wales that are located within 1km of a canal or waterway.

Congratulations to the providers who have been awarded the LOtC Quality Badge for the first time, and those who have achieved a renewal of their existing badge in January and February 2026.

Congratulations to those schools who have been awarded the LOtC Mark in the months of January and February 2026.

We are delighted to officially launch the CLOtC National Conference 2026, taking place on Thursday 12 November 2026 at RHS Garden Wisley, Surrey, a proud LOtC Quality Badge holder.

20 schools are being offered free membership of the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom, thanks to funding from EVOLVE Advice.

Congratulations to the providers who have been awarded the LOtC Quality Badge for the first time, and those who have achieved a renewal of their existing badge in November and December 2025.

Congratulations to those schools who have been awarded the LOtC Mark in the months November and December 2025.

New national analysis indicates North–South differences in school residential visits in England The Council for Learning Outside the Classroom (CLOtC) has today published a novel report revealing regional differences in
